a wet nurse
作名词,指被雇来哺乳他人孩子的妇女。
They hired a wet nurse to feed the baby.
他们雇了一个奶妈来喂养婴儿。
做…的奶妈;给…喂奶
做...的奶妈;悉心照顾
give suck to; act as a wet nurse to
做...的奶妈;悉心照顾
n a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else;v give suck to
The kind woman agreed to wet-nurse the orphaned baby until a foster family was found.
那位善良的妇女同意给这个孤儿当奶妈,直到找到一个寄养家庭。
用法提示:wet-nurse 是及物动词,意为“给(别人的孩子)当奶妈”,此处为不定式结构。
In some villages, a healthy mother will wet-nurse a sick friend's baby.
在一些村庄,健康的母亲会给生病的朋友的宝宝当奶妈。
用法提示:wet-nurse 与 will 连用,表示将来“给…当奶妈哺乳”的行为。
The midwife taught the young woman how to wet-nurse the infant safely.
助产士教这位年轻妇女如何安全地给这个婴儿当奶妈喂奶。
用法提示:wet-nurse 在 how to 后作动词原形,意为“给…当奶妈哺乳”。
作名词,指被雇来哺乳他人孩子的妇女。
They hired a wet nurse to feed the baby.
他们雇了一个奶妈来喂养婴儿。
作及物动词,字面义为给...喂奶,转喻为悉心照料。
She wet-nursed the orphan child.
她悉心照顾那个孤儿。
动词的比喻用法,表示悉心培育或扶持某事物。
He wet-nursed the young plant until it grew strong.
他悉心照料这棵幼苗直到它茁壮成长。
grammar · medium
易错句子She wet-nurse the baby yesterday.
正确表达She wet-nursed the baby yesterday.
动词"wet-nurse"的过去式应为"wet-nursed",不能使用原形表示过去动作。
grammar · medium
易错句子She works as wet-nurse for a rich family.
正确表达She works as a wet-nurse for a rich family.
可数名词"wet-nurse"前需要加冠词"a",中文母语者易受母语影响而遗漏。
wet-nurse指雇佣的奶妈用母乳喂养他人的孩子,breastfeed指母亲亲自用母乳喂养自己的孩子。
wet-nurse是哺乳的奶妈,dry nurse是不哺乳只照看的保姆。
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